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NATURE PHYSICS
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 10-18Publisher
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS2474
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- National Science Council, Taiwan [NSC 100-2113-M-002-004-MY2, NSC 101-2628-M-006-003-MY3, NSC 101-2112-M-006-016-MY3, NSC 101-2738-M-006-005, NSC 103-2911-I-006 -301]
- National Taiwan University [10R80912-5]
- Center for Quantum Science and Engineering [10R80914-1]
- ARO
- JSPS-RFBR [12-02-92100]
- MEXT Kakenhi on Quantum Cybernetics
- JSPS-FIRST Program
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21102002] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Recent evidence suggests that a variety of organisms may harness some of the unique features of quantum mechanics to gain a biological advantage. These features go beyond trivial quantum effects and may include harnessing quantum coherence on physiologically important timescales. In this brief review we summarize the latest results for non-trivial quantum effects in photosynthetic light harvesting, avian magnetoreception and several other candidates for functional quantum biology. We present both the evidence for and arguments against there being a functional role for quantum coherence in these systems.
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